Electric cigar lighter



Jan. 19 1926.

" A. SCHOELLER ELECTRIC GIGAR LIGHTER Filed March 24 Patented Jan. 19,1926.

ALFRED SCHOELLER. OF FRANKFORT-Nv-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

SELECTIE/EG CIGAR LGHTER.

Application filed March 13, 1924.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED SCHOELLER, a citizen of the German Republic,residing at Franktort-on-the-Main, Germany, have invented Certain newand useful Improve ments in' Electric Cigar Lighters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an electric cigar lighter with removableheating wire carrier, the heating wire being of such dimension that itcan be sufliciently loaded with heat in order to permit of using thelighter separately from the source of current. The known devices of thistype are composed ot' a great number of parts, they are consequentlyexpensive and not very secure in working or the heating bodyis notvisible from the outside so that an unnecessary overheating takes place.

According to the invention a flat boxshaped heating wire carrier isremovably mounted in a Jframe which leaves the heating body visible fromthe outside, the carrier being clamped in its position by means ot aspring which serves at the same time as a current bridge.

An embodiment of the invention is shown, by way oi example, on theaccompanying drawing, in which.

Fig. 1 shows the electric ignition body in lsection and in frontelevation.

Fig. 2 shows in front elevation and in vertical section the switch whichserves as current supplying socle.

Fig. 3 shows in front elevation .and in vertical section the ignitionbody inserted in the switch-socle'.

A is the casing for the box-shaped heatJ ing wire carrier. B is the heatinsulating mass and D is the heating spiral. C is a bottom platedesigned to insulate the heating spiral. F is the contact casing for thebox-shaped heating spiral carrier. L are bars on the contact casingwhich form a frame. K is a contact button for establishing theconnection with the one pole of the current lead, the other pole beingthe Serial No. 698,911.

mass 0f the casing. This contact button K is acted upon by a bladespring G which serves for securely holding the heating spiral carrier inthe casing, the other end of said spring Gr serving to maintain thepress button H normally in the switched out position. When the pressbutton is pushed in it presses the lower end of said blade spring Gagainst the Contact plug .T of the casing whereby the circuit is closed.

The operation is as follows The heating spiral carrier is inserted intothe frame formed by the bars L and held in this position by the pressureContact K and the spring Gr. It the press button H is pushed in thecircuit is closed and current flows from the conta/ct plug J through thespring Gr and the pressure contact K into the heating spiral and thenceback through the casing and the Contact plug J. The heating spiral Dbeing visible from the outside it can be seen at once when the heatingspiral has been sufficiently heated whereupon the press button H isreleased. The heating spiral carrier can now be removed from the casingand used for igniting a cigar.

l claim 2- Electric lighter for cigars comprising in combination aheating spiral carrier in the torni of a Hat box, a contact casing` aguiding frame on said contact casing Jr`or holding said heating spiralcarrier so that the heating spiral is visible from the outside. apressure contact "in the upper part of said casing. a press button inthe lower part of said casing. a contact plug in the lower part ot saidcasing opposite said push button and a blade spring fixed in said casingso that its upper end presses from behind against said pressure contactand its lower end against said push button, said blade spring serving asContact between said contact plug and said pressure contact when saidpush button is pushed in.

ln testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

ALFRED SCHOELLER.

